Ahern
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Anglicized form of Irish Ó hEachtighearna (“descendant of Eachthighearna”), a personal name composed by the elements each (“horse”) + tighearna (“master, lord”).
Proper noun edit
Ahern (plural Aherns)
- A surname from Irish.
Statistics edit
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Ahern is the 4322nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 8221 individuals. Ahern is most common among White (95.56%) individuals.
Further reading edit
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Ahern”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 14.